A fatal auto accident involving five vehicles shut down all lanes of I-64 in Shelby County on Wednesday, May 13th. According to Kentucky State Police, 5 vehicles, one of which was a tractor trailer, were heading west on I-64 when traffic slowed for a motorist assist. KSP trooper said the tractor trailer failed to reduce speed which resulted in a …
Transvaginal Mesh Plaintiffs Defeat BSC’s Motion for Summary Judgment on Punitive Damages
Transvaginal mesh is an implant typically manufactured with a plastic material called polypropylene. The product was created to repair conditions such as pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence. The mesh was used fairly commonly to treat women over the past two decades until several products were recalled in the summer of 2011. Last month Federal District Judge Goodwin was …
Metcalfe County High School Students involved in Fatal Car Wreck
3 Metcalfe County High School Students were involved in a car crash on Friday, 5/15. This crash tragically ended in one death, and left two others in the hospital. According to Police, around 7:30 am, 17-year-old Jacob White went off the road and over corrected his vehicle, causing it to flip. Passenger, 15-year-old Trevor Meadows, was ejected from the vehicle …
Rockcastle, Kentucky Car Wreck Kills 2
I-75 was shut down for more than 9 hours on Tuesday. Around 11:15 p.m. it was finally reopened. The cause of the closure was a horrific accident involving six tractor-trailers and one car, which resulted in two deaths. Janet Montgomery, who was inside one of the six tractor trailers, said of the accident, “You don’t see stuff like this every …
Scott County, Kentucky Tragedy Kills Teen
Bourbon County Middle School’s first day back after the Memorial Day Holiday was a somber one. It was the first day back after a tragic car wreck claimed the life of one of their fellow classmates. 13-year-old Emily Sams was killed in a car crash Saturday morning. The crash occurred on I-64 in Scott County, Kentucky. Emily, along with her …
Lawmakers Press Takata Over Airbag Recall at House Subcommittee
A congressional House Commerce and Energy subcommittee held a hearing on defective airbags produced by the Japanese company, Takata Corporation, whose airbags have been known to explode and fire out shards of metal when they inflate. This has been the biggest auto recall in U.S. history. So far, nearly 34 million air bags have been recalled, which has not been …
Officer who hit Pedestrian was Traveling at a High Rate of Speed
Kentucky State Police investigators say the Stanford Police Department officer who hit a pedestrian with his cruiser last winter was determined to be traveling at a high rate of speed at the time, but will not be facing criminal charges. The Lincoln County coroner says Howard Robbins, 69, of Crab Orchard, was walking along KY150 on the night of Jan. …
Recall List Grows as More Vehicles Found to Have Defective Takata Airbags
Weeks after a congressional House subcommittee held a hearing over the defective airbags produced by Takata Corporation, Honda has added 1 million more vehicles to a growing recall list. This recall is already the largest auto recall in history, and the number of vehicles affected has continued to grow. Two weeks ago Honda had announced that it would recall about …
Vehicles Affected by Takata Recall Now Searchable by VIN
With the Takata airbag recall continuing to grow, it is by far the largest auto recall in U.S. history. This not only means that millions of Americans are being affected, but millions are also living in fear that their vehicles may be equipped with the explosive airbags. That fear may soon come to an end. SafeCar has announced that all …
Fern Valley Car Wreck Leaves Nine Year Old in Critical Condition
A utility van and minivan were involved in a wreck on the 3300 block of Fern Valley Road just before 9:00AM Thursday morning. The two-vehicle crash caused the road to be shut down for several hours while officers investigated the wreck. A nine-year-old girl who was secured in a booster seat in the mini-van was injured in the wreck. She …